Get a new edge in the analysis of nanoparticles and trace compounds

Sociedad Europea de Análisis Diferencial de Movilidad SL (SEADM) is a Spanish SME founded in February 2005 with the aim to become centre of excellence in the field of analytical instrumentation for the detection and characterization of trace elements (including nanoparticles), based on the know-how of its technical consultant and co-founder Juan Fernandez de la Mora, Yale University professor.

Competence

SEADM technology is based principally in two areas of proprietary know-how:

The company holds 12 patents in the area, and has the exclusive world-wide licence for 2 patents on mobility analysis property of Yale University (USA), and sublicensed by the US company NanoEngineering.

Products and Applications

Since its foundation, SEADM has delivered instrumentation equipment for the analysis of vapors and nanoparticles. These systems are used for multiple applications within the nanoscience, health, environmental and security sectors. Our customers include mainly research institutions and instrumentation companies around the world working in explosives detection, virus screening and aerosol measurements.

European Projects

SUREAL-23, started in October-2016, is a project led by the Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (Greece) which aims to develop instrumentation to characterize exhaust particles with sizes below 23 nm from light duty direct injection internal combustion engines, in real-driving conditions. SEADM participation consists of the development of Differential Mobility Analyzers (DMA) and a Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) able to operate with raw exhaust and the implementation of a portable emissions measuring system (PEMS). SUREAL-23 is currently running and it is funded by the European Commission, within the H2020 Green Vehicles 2016 program (Grant Agreement Number 724136).

HAZEL is a project co-funded by the European Commission (H2020, SME program) with the aim of commercializing of a novel, high efficiency system for the determination of hazardous atmospheric pollutants at trace and sub-trace levels, including the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Compounds as well as Dioxins and Furans, by means of the DMA-MS SEADM’s vapor analyser. HAZEL project is currently running

The main objective of this project is to develop novel instrumentation for the characterization of gas-phase analytes with high sensitivity and in real time. These prototypes will be benchmarked by pursuing fundamental studies to address open issues around secondary electrospray ionization (SESI) and by screening volatile metabolites from biofluids, explosives and even single cells. This will provide further pre-commercial analytical alternatives to current technologies for the detection of volatile species. ACID project is currently running.

EFFISEC is a FP7 integration program from the First Security Call (2009-2013), led by Morpho, where Seadm developed a trace detector based on mass spectrometry for the inspection of cars. EFFISEC run from may-2009 to jan-2014.

IMMA (2013-2016) aims at the development of a new technology for the analysis of chemical species in tandem with Mass Spectrometry. The new system, in combination with the pre-existing analyzers, will provide unprecedented separation capacity, which is crucial in many applications.

The project main objective is the application of a new analytical technique for the quantification of dioxin, tracking continuous PCDDs/PCDFs concentrations in air, soil and biota (vegetal) at the surroundings of a MSW incineration facility. The new analytical technique will help to evaluate these pollutants dispersion and deposition in the environment, in order to reduce this environmental problem.

EARLY DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPLOSIVE DETECTION

Industrial research activities in the field of explosive detection from 2005, all of them developed in partnership with Fundación CARTIF, including the projects OLFATO and SIMDE (financed by Agencia Desarrollo Económico – Junta de Castilla y León) and AROMA(jointly funded by the Spanish Ministry of Industry (Profit program) and the Ministry of Defence , Coincidente program) and DETEV funded by the Spanish Ministry of Industry.

Development of an ion source for ionization of vapors based on an electrospray cloud (SESI) directly integrated to the Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA). An internally funded program, its aim is to increased ten fold the ionization efficiency of an Electrospray source closely integrated with a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA).

CARGO III

Under subcontract from the related company SEDET. This project was co-funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, under the Spanish National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and technical Innovation 2008-2011 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, dentro del Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica 2008-2011). CARGOIII run from 2010 to 2013.

MAIMS (Mobility Analysis Integrated with Mass Spectrometry)

An eighteen months program which began in September 2006, is an initiative to couple a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA) to an API Mass Spectrometer, in order to increase its resolution capability for biological analysis. MAIMS is an international Canadeka program and is partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Industry within the 2004-2007 National R&D Plan.

BIOMETRICS

NEBLI and EMOCION Programs, under subcontract from the company Ilía Systems S.L., run in 2008-2009 and 2009-2011 respectively. The aim of Seadm participation was to design a biometric recognition system based on body odor. Both projects were funded by the Spanish Ministry of Industry inside of the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2008-2011.

VEAME

Its aim has been to develop an electronic Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA). The project began in June 2009 and ended in December 2010. VEAME was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Industry. Project number TSI-020100-2009-53.

EVA

EVA project began in February 2010 and extended for 18 months. Its aim was to couple Differential Mobility Analyzers (DMAs) in serie, in order to obtain a mobility filtering device with a resolution in the order of 1,000.

IDOC

IDOC Program, under subcontract from the company Ilía Systems S.L., run in 2010-2012. The aim of Seadm participation was to produce a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA) and its interface with a TOF mass spectrometer, and to investigate techniques for determination of the cancer olfactory bouquet. IDOC was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, inside of the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2008-2011. Project number TSI-020100-2010 -12.

Its aim has been to develop a double electronic Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA).T he project began in May 2011 and run for 36 months. VEAME DOBLE was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, within the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2008-2011 (Subprogram Avanza Competitividad I+D+I). Project number TSI-020100-2011-34.

DIAFANO

DIAFANO Program, under subcontract from the company Ilía Systems S.L., run in 2011-2013. The aim of Seadm participation was to produce a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA) and its interface with a TOF mass spectrometer, and to investigate techniques for in vitro diagnosis of cancer. DIAFANO was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, inside of the INNPACTO program. Project number IPT-2011-0925-900000.

SIAMM

The SIAMM program (June 2013/ December 2015) has been developed for a total duration of 29 months. The aim of this project has been to develop a double-mobility analyzer based on transversal electric fields. The analyzer has been coupled to a LTQ (Linear Trap Quadrupole) comercial mass spectometer bestowed by Thermo Scientific. SIAMM was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, within the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2013-2016, included in the framework “Strategic Action of Economy and Digital Society (AEESD)”, Order IET/786/2013. Project number TSI-100101-2013-4.